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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 10762
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13068
13 Actual Demand 10280
14 Aggregate Planning 11324
15 Air Cargo 9195
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5915
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33881
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14798
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18175
20 Assembly Line 19631
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22004
22 Average Speed of Answer 25902
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21565
24 Batch Production 36008
25 Bill Discounting 13282
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10105
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6440
28 Blanket Release 9231
29 Bonded Warehouse 9380
30 Booking Number 12575
31 Bottleneck 8591
32 Buffer Stock 56025
33 Build to Stock 12160
34 Bullwhip Effect 8723
35 Business Logistics 23759
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11892
37 Capacity Management 36703
38 Capacity Utilization 13075
39 Capital Intensive 7491
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7615
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11162
42 Certified Supplier 8433
43 Channel Effectiveness 8346
44 Co-Destiny 8552
45 Co-managed Inventory 11590
46 Co-Packers 11103
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6027
48 Computer-Based Training 7152
49 Consular Invoice 18378
50 Container Depot 9883
51 Container Freight Station 9717
52 Continuous Replenishment 18583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11312
54 Contract Carrier 6937
55 Contract of Affreightment 10787
56 Control Charts 7320
57 Cost Flow 9657
58 Courier Service 13899
59 CPFR 7556
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11048
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41429
62 Date Code 16789
63 Days of Supply 18802
64 Dead on Arrival 8288
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6723
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7354
67 Detective Control 8308
68 Devanning 13476
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9963
70 Dispatching 21880
71 Distributed Inventory 7783
72 Distribution Channel Management 32477
73 Distribution Metrics 7956
74 Distribution Planning 23260
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14158
76 Double Marginalization 51100
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21363
78 Dual 4848
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19881
80 Echelon Inventory 25363
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46876
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6941
84 Efficient Frontier 24028
85 Engineer-to-Order 30294
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15001
87 Erlang B Formula 8553
88 ETD 7649
89 Ex Works 7305
90 Exception Rate 12426
91 Exponential smoothing 9166
92 External Growth 9333
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8750
94 Field Services 7270
95 Field Warehouse 9251
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7653
97 Fishbone Diagram 13730
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25525
99 Flow Through Distribution 11478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7441
101 FOB Destination 12030
102 Forward buying 28915
103 Freight Charge 9603
104 Freight Consolidation 6870
105 Gantt Chart 7728
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 10783
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28063
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 11945
109 Hub 22252
110 Idle Time 7439
 
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